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Julian Sheather: “Surgeon’s Hall” – On art, medicine and gender

February 4, 2009

It is fairly widely accepted that medicine is both a science and an art, that it lays claim to a rigorous evidence-based method, while recognising the impact of irreducibly human […]

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Guest writers, Julian SheatherArt, emotion, gender, medicine, surgeons, the human body2 Comments

A day in the life of an MSF doctor

February 3, 2009

This evening I am pretty tired again. January and December tend to be the busiest months for the Emergency Unit and there have been a higher percentage than normal of […]

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Guest writers, MSFcharities, MSF, NGOs1 Comment

Peter Lapsley on the assisted dying debate

February 3, 2009

What interests the public and what is in the public interest can be two rather different things but can come together to argue strongly for change. Such is the case […]

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Editors at largeassisted dying, Euthanasia, physician assisted suicide8 Comments

Vidhya Alakeson on the US stimulus bill

February 3, 2009

While Tom Daschle waits another week for his confirmation as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, health reform has got underway without him in the form of the stimulus […]

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Guest writers, US healthcarehealth insurance, Medicaid, President Obama, stimulus bill, Tom Daschle3 Comments

Bruno Rushforth on the roles we play

February 2, 2009

It’s amazing how quickly one adapts. The first couple of days were a bit of a shock, but I soon accepted my fate and – rather worryingly – began to […]

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Junior doctorsgeneral practice training, Junior doctors, postgraduate medical training, specialist medical training2 Comments

Anna Donald

February 2, 2009

Anna died on the morning of 1 February, Sydney time. She was surrounded by her family and by the prayers and thoughts of her friends around the world. Anna took […]

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From the other sideAnna Donald, Cancer49 Comments

Borrowing from our children, or stealing from them?

January 30, 2009

I was standing next to one of the most senior health care managers in the UK recently when he again professed his admiration for the BMJ as the best journal […]

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Uncategorizedclimate change; carbon reduction2 Comments

Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news

January 28, 2009

More than half of carers looking after relatives with dementia report acting abusively towards them according to a research paper published last week on bmj.com. The researchers, from University College […]

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UncategorizedAbuse, bmj, Carers, Elderly, Left handed, Obama1 Comment

William Lee on “A Short Stay In Switzerland”

January 27, 2009

Last night the BBC aired “A Short Stay in Switzerland”, a one-off drama based on the true story of a terminally ill doctor who killed herself in Zurich with the […]

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Guest writersassisted suicide, Euthanasia, television7 Comments

Siddharta Yadav on changing perceptions of HIV/AIDS

January 26, 2009

There is a famous proverb in Nepali which says we learn something either by reading about it or by facing it. I prefer the latter because of the everlasting impression […]

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Siddhartha Yadav, StudentsAIDS, Asia Pacitific, EAMSC, HIV, Nepal8 Comments

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